Computer Support to provide SQL Server 2008 SP 3

SAN DIEGO, USA: Computer Support of San Diego has announced it has completed testing and validation of Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and will offer full support for managed environments.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available for download directly from Microsoft, said a press release and further added that while keeping product changes contained, Microsoft has made significant investments to ease deployment and management of Service Packs.

A few key enhancements for customers in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 are :

* Enhanced upgrade experience from previous versions of SQL Server to SQL Server 2008 SP3. In addition, we have increased the performance & reliability of the setup experience.
* In SQL Server Integration Services logs will now show the total number of rows sent in Data Flows.
* Enhanced warning messages when creating the maintenance plan if the Shrink Database option is enabled.
* Resolving database issue with transparent data encryption enabled and making it available even if certificate is dropped.
* Optimized query outcomes when indexed Spatial Data Type column is referenced by DTA (Database Tuning Advisor).
* Superior user experience with Sequence Functions (e.g Row_Numbers()) in a Parallel execution plan.

The release further added, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 is not a prerequisite for installing SQL Server 2008 Service Pack3.

SQL Server 2008 SP3 contains the cumulative updates of SQL Server 2008 SP2 cumulative update package 1 to 4, and fixes to issues that have been reported through our customer feedback platforms. These include supportability enhancements and issues that have been reported through Windows Error Reporting.